Rip currents led to dangerous conditions along area beaches during a weekend in mid-June 2025.
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The episode as NWS MFL wrote it up.
Rip currents led to dangerous conditions along area beaches during a weekend in mid-June 2025.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Miami, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 15, 6:16 PM EST, 4 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Miami FL 716 PM EDT Sun Jun 15 2025 ...New AVIATION... .SHORT TERM... (Rest of today through Monday) Issued at 301 PM EDT Sun Jun 15 2025 Model ensembles and global guidance, along with sfc analyses depict a continuing summer synoptic pattern for the short term as a broad high pressure ridge remains in control of the west Atlantic and the region. Models also keep in place overall high pressure at the mid/upper levels for the next several days. Some additional drier air is also seen trying to filter into the mid levels across the area. However, MFL 00Z sounding and model/ACARS data still show enough atmospheric moisture in place to support rounds of scattered showers and thunderstorms each afternoon. PWATs remain in the 1.2- 1.5 inch range, with fairly drier air above 700 mb. Therefore, not expecting that the afternoon thunderstorm activity will linger into the nighttime hours, with best chances for some evening showers and isolated thunderstorms over the interior/western half of SoFlo. This is mainly due to the prevailing synoptic flow, with CAM guidance showing robust SE winds helping the east coast sea breeze to penetrate further inland while dominating the weaker west coast sea breeze. For the overnight hours, some coastal showers are still expected to develop at times through Monday morning, but most should be quick and light in nature. For the rest of Monday, the synoptic pattern described above remains in place with generally scattered afternoon showers and thunderstorms favoring interior and western areas of SoFlo. But slightly drier air entrainment on the Atlantic side will reduce POPs a little in the afternoon hours with POPs dropping form the 40s to the teens by mid afternoon as the east coast sea breeze moves inland. Those same sea breeze boundaries should again become focal points for deeper convection, along with outflow boundaries from previous storms. Main hazards associated with thunderstorm activity will be damaging gusty winds, lightning strikes, and localized heavy rain. Tonight's temperatures are expected to remain in the low-mid 70s inland to near 80 around coastal locations. For Monday, afternoon highs should be in the upper 80s to low 90s, warmer inland. Heat index values may reach triple digits over inland and southwest areas of SoFlo Monday afternoon.&& .LONG TERM... (Monday night through next Saturday) Issued at 301 PM EDT Sun Jun 15 2025 Extended guidance continues to show prevailing sfc ridging across the west Atlantic and the Florida peninsula, while high pressure remains in place aloft. The lingering SAL should be gradually dissipating through mid week, with model soundings showing a very modest increase in atmospheric moisture for the later part of the work week. Therefore, expect a typical summer pattern to continue with sea breeze circulations becoming the main mechanism for deep convection/thunderstorms each afternoon. Also expecting early morning coastal showers embedded in the synoptic SE flow each day. Model consensus remains fairly poor regarding the potential for an upper level disturbance to approach the area during the weekend from the Bahamas. Therefore, the forecast will remain close to the ongoing summer time pattern and wait for more persistence and consensus in the models before incorporating significant changes to the POPs/Wx grids for the weekend. Temperatures will run generally above normals, with afternoon highs in the low-mid 90s inland, and upper 80s to low 90s near the coasts. Overnight lows will likely remain in the low 70s inland, and in the upper 70s to around 80 across near the coasts. && .LONG TERM... (Monday night through next Saturday) Issued at 301 PM EDT Sun Jun 15 2025 Extended guidance continues to show prevailing sfc ridging across the west Atlantic and the Florida peninsula, while high pressure remains in place aloft. The lingering SAL should be gradually dissipating through mid week, with model soundings showing a very modest increase in atmospheric moisture for the later part of the work week. Therefore, expect a typical summer pattern to continue with sea breeze circulations becoming the main mechanism for deep convection/thunderstorms each afternoon. Also expecting early morning coastal showers embedded in the synoptic SE flow each day. Model consensus remains fairly poor regarding the potential for an upper level disturbance to approach the area during the weekend from the Bahamas. Therefore, the forecast will remain close to the ongoing summer time pattern and wait for more persistence and consensus in the models before incorporating significant changes to the POPs/Wx grids for the weekend. Temperatures will run generally above normals, with afternoon highs in the low-mid 90s inland, and upper 80s to low 90s near the coasts. Overnight lows will likely remain in the low 70s inland, and in the upper 70s to around 80 across near the coasts. && .AVIATION... (00Z TAFS) Issued at 714 PM EDT Sun Jun 15 2025 Generally VFR continues during the next 24 hours with light southeasterly flow overnight and a low chance of SHRA moving onshore along the east coast from time to time. Southeasterly flow will enhance after daybreak with a switch to a Gulf breeze at KAPF at 17-19z in conjunction with an increase in SHRA/TSRA coverage across the western half of the region on Monday afternoon. && .MARINE... Issued at 301 PM EDT Sun Jun 15 2025 Moderate SE winds continue through the forecast period, shifting more easterly after mid week. Afternoon gusty periods are expected in the Atlantic nearshore waters with sea breezes. Scattered showers and thunderstorms are possible each day. Any thunderstorm that forms may produce periods of gusty winds and rough seas. Outside of convection, seas in the Atlantic 1-3 ft, and seas in the Gulf 2 ft or less. && .BEACHES... Issued at 301 PM EDT Sun Jun 15 2025 Continuing robust SE winds will result in a moderate risk of rip currents for the Atlantic beaches through the first half of the work week. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Miami 80 89 79 90 / 10 40 10 40 West Kendall 76 91 76 91 / 10 40 10 40 Opa-Locka 80 91 79 92 / 10 40 10 30 Homestead 78 89 78 90 / 10 40 20 40 Fort Lauderdale 80 88 79 89 / 10 40 10 30 N Ft Lauderdale 80 89 79 90 / 10 40 10 30 Pembroke Pines 81 94 81 93 / 10 40 10 30 West Palm Beach 79 90 79 90 / 10 40 0 20 Boca Raton 79 91 79 91 / 10 40 10 30 Naples 75 90 74 91 / 50 60 40 60 && .MFL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...None. AM...None. GM...None. && SHORT TERM...17 LONG TERM....17 AVIATION...Hadi
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 rip current. Local standard time, as filed.
Broadcast media reports one rip current fatality and two injuries from an incident that occurred Sunday evening near the B Ocean Resort.
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rip Current, Coastal Broward County | 2025-06-15 | 32 | Male | In Water | Direct |
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